What are examples of formal wear in different cultures?
In Malaysia, some women do wear saris to work. The Indian guys would wear a kurta (collarless shirt), mostly its formalwear for religious functions. http://www.jaipurhandicrafts.com/product… The Malay women also wear what is called the baju kurung (or roughly translated as the “cage shirt”-lolz it sounds better in Malay!) or the baju kebaya (sorry no translation for the word kebaya. the word ‘baju’ means “shirt”). Click the links to see them baju kurung http://library.thinkquest.org/C001252F/i… baju kebaya http://img399.imageshack.us/img399/9857/… The baju kurung is also an alternative to the pinafore for girls’ school uniforms in Malaysia. The baju kurung and the baju kebaya are popular among Mal